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Pageant of Palos 



PRESENTED BY 



The People of Palos Township 

Saturday Afternoon^ September 16^ 1916 

AT 

Palos Park, Illinois 



UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 



The Palos Improvement Club 



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Book of the Pageani by 

Hattie Sinnard Pashley and Eleanor Keese Dij^jiji 






Copyright, 1916, by Palos Improvement Club. 
All rights reserved. 



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PAGEANT COMMITTEES 

General Committee 

Mrs. Ballard Dunn 
Miss Catherine McClaughry Mr. Thomas Quin 

Grounds 

Mr. Alfred F. Pashley 

Stage Management 

Mr. Thomas Quin 

Interpretative Dancing 

Miss Dorothy Ostrander 

Music 

Mrs. S. F. Klohs 

Director of Singing 

Mr. p. Douglas Bird 

Military Drill 

Mr. Herbert E. Snider 

School Children's Drill 

Miss Nellie McMahon 

Costume 

Mrs. Otto Schmidt 

Transportation 

Mr. Edward M. Tourtelot 

Seating 
Mr. O. J. Arnold 

Public Safety 

Mr. J. \V. Mahaffay 

Finance 

]\[r. Ray L. Bumstead 

Programs 

Mrs. M. T. Hayes 

Exhibit 

Mrs. Jacob Rodatz 

Mr. John Kelly Mr. Peter Lucas 

Photography 

Mr. George B. Ward 

Press and Publicity 

Mrs. Alfred F. Pashley 

Cover Design by 

Arthur L. Bradley 



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The Stage 



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FOREWORD 

Palos Township was organized in 1850, and was part of 
the "York Precinct" which embraced four other townships. 
It was at first called Trenton, but the name was changed to 
Palos before the first regular township election. 

The first permanent settlers, however, of what is now 
Palos Township, came about 1832, and their descendants 
form a large part of the present citizenship of the township; 
but investigations show that Palos has a much earlier his- 
tory. The four old forts and breastworks, the remains of 
which still mark their sites, although great trees have grown 
up within their confines, together with the ancient relics 
found around and about them, tell a story older than the 
memory of the first permanent settlers. The Pageant will 
endeavor to tell this story, interweaving old neighborhood 
traditions, and portraying events as truly and accurately as 
the limitations of the play will allow. 

The principal characters in the play (except in the first 
episode) will be taken by descendants of the first perma- 
nent settlers and those born in Palos Township whose co- 
operation and help have made this Pageant possible. 

Grateful acknowledgment is herewith made to Miss Caroline 
M. Mcllvaine and her assistants at the Chicago Historical Society 
the Chicago Public Library, the Drama League of America, the 
Chicago Press, Mr. Jens Jensen, Mr. P. Douglas Bird, Mr. 
Charles W. Pierce, Mr. C. E. Stouder, Mr. Johnson Wilson, 
Mrs. Mercy Harrington Hume, Mr. M. J. Chandler, Mr. 
Thomas Wood Stevens, Mr. Arthur L. Bradley, Mr. Charles 
R. Chilvers, and The Chicago Sharpshooters' Association 
for their kindness and invaluable help. 



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INVOCATION 

Draw back, O Mem'ry, the curtain of Time; ■ 

Lift up the soft mists till we see 
The far-off hills and the valleys between, 

With streams winding on to the sea. 

Let music's silver strings — silenced awhile — 

Bring back the lost charm of a day, 
When lovelight lingered in Youth's trusting eyes. 

And sweet, mystic dreams held their sway. 
Draw thunder's roar from the battle's wild storm! 

W^ith reverent touch play the strings, 
Till out afar from the distant sky, comes 

The dove with its white, peaceful wings. 
Weave laurel chaplets of green for their crowns, 

W'hose courage-blazed trail points the way. 
Through forest tangle and night-shade's grim dread. 

To joys of a full, perfect day. 

Fold back, then, Mem'ry, the magical veil, 

Revealing the lost as they come 
With arms of love bearing sacrifice, brought 

To burn on the altars of Home. 

Dancers 

Miss Dorothy Ostrander, 
Mrs. Edward M. Tourtelot, Mrs. Bertram W. Rosenstone, 
Mrs. Thomas Quin, Mrs. Herman Hanink, Mrs. George B. 
Ward, Ellen Gleasor, Mrs. Herbert S. Ripley, Miss Ella Vir- 
ginia Tourtelot, Miss Elizabeth Reese, Miss Vera Lund, 
Miss Elsa Lund, Miss Charlotte Munch, Miss Elizabeth 
Alunch, Miss Elsie Preller, Miss Helen Schussler, Miss 
Mamie Lucas, Miss Cecelia Lucas, Miss Annie Busch, Miss 
Gladys Munch. Miss Helen Munch. Miss Hertha Claussen, 
Margaret Markiewicz, Katharine Grotz, Miss Fern Bum- 
stead, Miss Bl'enda Thorsell, Miss Marie McMahon, Miss 
Catherine McMahon, Miss Pansy Powers, and Aliss Harriet 
Pashley. 
IxTERLUDE — "From an Indian Lodge" MacPowel! 



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EPISODE I. THE COMING OF THE FRENCH (1673) 

Action. The Indians are preparing for their annual 
festival of thanksgiving, which they celebrate in the Green 
Corn Dance. They are interrupted by an Indian runner 
who announces the coming of the Frenchmen. As the 
canoes approach, the chiefs advance to meet them, bearing 
their calumets aloft. The French land and are escorted to 
camp by the Indians. Here all smoke the pipe of peace. 
The missionary, taking advantage of the peaceful mood of 
the Indians, exhorts them and plants the Cross. The fur 
traders improve the opportunity to "dicker" w^ith the squaws. 
When the French leave, the Indians break camp and accom- 
pany them on their journey. 

CAST 

Missionary Mr. Thomas Quin 

Explorer Mr. Edn'cird M. Tourtclot 

Fur Traders Mr. George Spenee, Mr. R. J. Haighf 

Indian Guide Mr. Herbert S. Ripley 

Chiefs— 3/r. S. F. Klohs, Mr. Jacob Rodatz, Mr. Adolph C. JV. 
Grasshoff. 

Medicine Man Mr. William Hambly 

Pipe Bearer Mr. Herman Hanink 

Indian Runner Mr. William Murphy 

Indians — Mr. L. G. Spencer, Mr. A. G. Lund, Mr. William 
Murphy. Mr. Edzcard Lcdgard, Mr. Richard S. Mc- 
Clanghry, Mr. Frederick Monroe, Mr. Harold Lund. Mr. 
Alcssandro Rossi. Mr. George Grav Jlctor Cassell. Daniel 
Neff. 
Indi.an Children — Bernard Schoficld. Jeremiah Quin, Dougal 
McKencie, Franklin Hyink, John Monroe, Jack Rosen- 
stone, Henry Ripley, Ned Tourtelot. Arnold McKenzie, 
Colon McKenzie, Bertram W. Rosenstone, Jr. 
Indian Women — Mrs. Ezra McClaughry. Mrs. S. F. Klohs, Mrs. 
Adolph C. ]V. Grasshoff. Mrs. Edzvard Ledyard, Miss 
Grace Fenno, Miss Charlotte Arnold, Miss Hazel Nelson, 
Miss Irma Nelson. 
Squaw with Papoose Mrs. Benjamin F. Hyink 

Historical Basis. Historians have held various opinions 
regarding the routes taken by the early French explorers, 
missionaries and traders from the Great Lakes to the Alis- 
sissippi and its tributaries. Crude and inaccurate maps have 
been the guide, and much has been taken for granted by 



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writers who have never been over the land and waterways. 
But recent interest awakened in individual local history is 
bringing close and careful investigations for the purpose of 
unearthing convincing proofs of historical "probabilities." 

Palos Township can lay claim to the distinction of having 
afforded a passage for Joliet and Father Marquette on their 
return from exploring the Mississippi in 1673. The Sagau- 
naskee Swamp, threaded by the stream now known as the 
"Canal Feeder," made a waterway to Stony Brook at Blue 
Island, which, by short portage, connected with the Calumet 
River and thence to Lake Michigan. (See Andreas' History 
of Cook County, pages 37 and 46 to 60; Blanchard's History 
of Illinois, page 97; also Moses' Illinois Historical and 
Statistical, pages 77 to 79.) The ruins of old fortifications 
on the hills above the "Sag" valley and to the north, and the 
antique French relics* found in their locality, together with 
the great number of Indian relics and other evidences of 
Indian life, the chipping stations, burial grounds, t and the 
network of Indian trails, show that great bodies of Indians 
had their villages in the environs of the Palos hills, hunted 
in the woods, and carried on warfare and trade with the 
French long ago, and leads to the belief that this route was 
one used by the French as early as 1673, and that posts were 
established here at that time for protection of life and trade. 

Interlude — From "Indian Suite" MacDozccll 



*Two antique French axes were found on the farm of 
Theodore Lucas, near one of the old forts. A French copper 
powderhorn of antique design was found on the Thomas Kelly 
farm north of the "Feeder," in 1856, beside the skeleton of a 
man whose gun barrel was rusted through, the wood entirely 
g-one. Mr. Kelly has two steel shoe soles such as were used 
by the French soldiers. Many years ago old French money was 
found in the hollow of a tree trunk in the Lintz woods, south 
of the Feeder. 



tA few years ago, in a gravel pit on the Gleason farm, south 
of the Feeder, a skeleton was* uncovered which, in the opinion 
of the anthropologists of the Field Columbian Museum, was 
that of a pre-historic Indian chief from the Lake Superior 
region. He had been buried in a sitting position, his dos and 
weapons with him. Around the neck were hammered copper 
beads. A blanket, still retaining bright colors, disintegrated 
when exposed to the air. 



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The Settlers Arrive 



EPISODE II. THE EARLY SETTLERS (About 1833) 
Action. The settlers arrive from the East in prairie 
schooners. They are pleased with the location and the soil 
and plan to take up land in this vicinity. While preparing 
the evening- meal and congratulating themselves on having 
made the long journej' in safety, they are startled by the 
sudden appearance of an Indian. He makes signs of friend- 
ship, however, and in the same manner makes known to 
them that he is come to warn them of the approach of hos- 
tile savages. The settlers have barely time to gather up 
their belongings when the warwhoop resovmds in the dis- 
tance. With all possible haste they scramble into the schoon- 
ers, lash their horses and flee in the direction of the fort. 
Two of their number are captured, but later make their 
escape. 

CAST 
Settlers — Mr. Norman Pozccll, Mr. Nathaniel Boyce,\ Mr. 
Winslo-iv Mahaffay. Mr. Dozv Feftijohn, Mr. and Mrs. 
LcRoy McClanghry, Mr. and Mrs. John McCord, Mr. 
and Mrs. Fra)ik C. Mahaffay, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Mc- 
Clanghry, Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Traiib, Richard and 
James McClanghry, Mr. John Bnsh, Mis. ]]^iUiam 



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Macauly. Ira McCord, King McCord. eight Mahaffay 
children, Margaret Macauly, Henry Pettijohn, Lucy Petti- 
john, Marjorie Traub, Marion Traiib, Mrs. A. IVillard. 

Friendly Indian Mr. William Hyink 

Hostile Indians — Mr. Herbert S. Ripley, Mr. L. G. Spencer, Mr. 
Henna)! Hanink, Mr. George IV. Gray, Mr. Alessandro 
Rossi, Frederick Monroe. 
Historical Basis. The first permanent white settlers of 
what is now Palos Township came in 1833 and "squatted" 
on government land which they afterwards purchased. Many 
Indians sill remained in the locality and were close neigh- 
bors of these pioneers. During the horrors attending Black 
Hawk's War, the year before, two families, living in Will 
County, toward Hickory Creek, and who shortly afterwards 
moved into Palos, heeding the warning of Waupanoosa, a 
friendly Indian, took refuge in Fort Dearborn. On their 
way to the fort they came through Palos, camping at 
"Bush's Slough." in their flight, two of the men were cap- 
tured, but made their escape. They had been fastened 
down, hands and feet, by buckskin thongs tied to stakes 
driven in the ground, and left unguarded while their captors 
slept. During the night it rained and the thong on the right 
hand of the younger man stretched sufficiently to allow his 
hand to slip out. He quickly untied the other, and freed 
his father, who had been wounded in the breast by buck- 
shot; then, taking a loaded gun froin the sleeping savages, 
he assisted the older man into the woods. After nine days 
and nights of wandering and hiding, during which time they 
subsisted only on berries, roots and water from the springs, 
they reached Fort Dearborn. Another family, living at 
"Yankee Settlement." also in Will County, fled to Fort 
Dearborn, coming through Palos on their way. One of these, 
a little girl eight years old at the time, afterwards married 
one of the early settlers of Palos. She is still living in the 
township, and is now nearly ninety-two years of age.* 

There is still another early settler living who has been 
a resident of Palos since 1837, and who will take part in this 
episode. 

The cast in this episode otherwise, excepting the Indians, 
is made up of the descendants of the first settlers. Some 
of the clothes worn belonged to the great-grandparents of 
those playing parts. 
Interlude — "Daj'break"' (Morgenstimmung) From Peer Gynt 

Suite Greig 



*Mary Ritchey Bush, widow of Lewis Bush is one of the 
few, if not the only one, now living of those who took refuge 
in Fort Dearborn during Black Hawk's War. 

tThe first white child born in Palos, as far as is known. 



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The Home of a First Settler 

EPISODE III. PEACEFUL TIMES 
Scene 1 

Action. The woodchoppers are returning from their 
day's work to the settleinent. A new house has just been 
completed and preparations for a housewarming are in prog- 
ress. The wife, on her way to the pond for water, discovers 
baby wolves. She hastens to show them to her husband. 
Together they rejoice over this good fortune. 

The neighors arrive for the festivities. When the host 
sees their number, he refuses to allow so many people to 
dance in his new house. They greet his remarks with 
laughter and arrange to dance on the green. 



CAST 

Fiddlers Dr. Albert Robson, Mr. Barney Ynngles 

Settlers — Mrs. Albert Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McMahon, 
Mr. and Mrs WiUiavt Tcason, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Munch, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Munch, Mr. and Mrs. 
Frank Mahaffay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yunkcr. Mr. and 
Mrs. P. J. O'Conncll, Mr. and Mrs. Ecra McClaughry, Mr. 
and Mrs. John McCord, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lucas. Mr. 
and Mrs. Charles Biisch. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Preller, 



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Mr. and Mrs. J. IV. Mahaffay, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred 
Butcher, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pantke, Mrs. Martha 
Decker Howell, Miss .Jane Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Elliot, Mr. Lester B. Decker, Mr. JVinslozu Mahatfay, Mr. 
Maurice Pou'ers, Mr. Daniel Sullivan. Mr. George Mik el- 
son, Mr. Joseph Blatch, Mr. and Mrs. William Macauly, 
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leipstorpf. Mr. and Mrs. Louis 
Biedenkopf, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grange, Mrs. ]Valter 
■f'africk, Miss Mabel and Afiss Esther Elliot, Miss Elsie 
Mikelson. 

Historical Basis. The demand for labor in the construc- 
tion of the old Illinois & Michigan Canal brought new set- 
tles to Palos from the Eastern states, from Germany, and 
also from Ireland at the time of the potato famine. The 
great first growth woods also afforded an additional indus- 
try. Woodchoppers' cabins dotted the hills and slopes of 
"Smoky Hollow," while the giant trees were being felled 
and cut into spiles and cordwood to be used for household 
fuel for Chicago settlers, and for power for the first railway 
locomotives running out of Chicago. Farming and stock-raising, 
too, increased as the ground became cleared. 

The implements and tools for carrying on these industries 
were scarce and expensive. It is told that in the early days, 
when the County was offering a bounty for wolf pelts, one 
of the pioneer women of Palos, finding a nest of baby 
wolves in the woods, gathered them in her apron and car- 
ried them home. After properly preparing the pelts, she 
received eighty dollars for them, with which she purchased 
a new farm wagon. (This woman is represented in the 
scene by her granddaughter.) 

It was not all hardship and labor, however, for the 
"housewarmings" and neighborhood dances were happy di- 
versions in the lives of the Palos pioneers. The story goes 
that, at the completion of one of the new houses, when the 
guests had gathered for the housewarming, the master of 
the house suddenly decided that the house was too new and 
fine for such frivolity, and refused to let them dance. 
Finally the guests were obliged to do their dancing else- 
where. 

It was the custom for the women to bring their work 
with them to these neighborhood gatherings. The spinning- 
wheel in the scene is from the home of one of the first 
settlers. 

The first musician is one of the original "fiddlers" for 
these dances, and others in the scene are descendants of the 
early settlers, and those born in Palos 

Interlude — "Ave Maria" Gounod 



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Scene 2 

Action. The settlers, dressed in their Sunday best, attend 
church. 

CAST 

Mr. A. Rob son, Mr. J. IV. Mahaffav, Mr. R. J. HaigJit, Mr. S. J. 
Cassell, Airs. J. W. Mahaffay, Mrs. Frank Mahaffay, Miss 
Charlotte Arnold, Miss Emma Hyink, Miss Cora Hyink. 

.Historical Basis. The religious element was strong in 
the Palos pioneers. Before the Sacred Heart parish was 
formed, the Catholic families attended service at the old 
Sag church. The Protestant families held services in the 
old schoolhouse, their first preachers being unordained, 
usually one of the neighborhood. 



'GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH' 

(Tune, "Zion'') 

"Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah, 
Pilgrim through this barren land; 
I am weak, but Thou art mighty; 
Hold me with Thy powerful hand; 

Bread of heaven. 
Feed me till I want no more. 

When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
Bid my anxious fears subside; 
Bear me through the swelling current, 
Land me safe on Canaan's side. 

Songs of praises, 
I will ever give to Thee." 



"OLD HUNDRED" 

"Praise God, from whom all blessings flow 
Praise Him, all creatures here below; 
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." 



Interlude — Medley of old school songs. 



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Scene 3 

Action. The children loiter, then as now, on their way 
to school. 

CAST 

School Children. 

Historical Basis. The first school in Palos Township 
was held in 1838 in a "lean-to" against the house of one of 
the pioneers. The first schoolhouse in the township was 
built of logs, in Section 28, in 1840. These early school- 
houses were so small that, as one of the former pupils ex- 
pressed it, "We were as close as herrings in a keg." 

Interlude — Medley of War Songs. 

EPISODE IV. THE CALL TO ARMS 

Action. The note of the bugle announces a "War Meet- 
ing." Old and young respond — fathers, mothers and chil- 
dren. When the call for recruits is made the yovmg men 
eagerly offer themselves. 

CAST 

Mr. Herbert Snider, Richard S. McClaughry, Gordon Powell, 
Ira McCord, John Huinphrey, Maxivell May, Charles F'eter 
Busch, Albert John Busch, Walter Munch, Henry Munch, 
Henry Oberst. Francis Caraher, Harold Lund, Fred Clans- 
sen, Christ Grotz, Leslie Poivers, Peter Lucas, Daniel 
Neff, Frederick Monroe, George Uthc, Allcssandro Rossi, 
Victor Cassell, IValter R. Schussler, Lester Mahaifay, 
Joseph Tcason, John Busch, Henry Busch, Clyde Schult::, 
Mrs. Herbert B. Snider, Mrs. Clyde Schult z, Mr. and Mrs. 
J. W. Mahaifay, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hecht, Mr. and Mrs. 
Henry Munch, Mr. Leroy McClaughry, Miss Helen Camp- 
bell, Mrs. Ezra McClaughry, Mrs. Albert I^oebe, Mrs. 
Matthezv Gleason, William Edzvard Mahaifay. 

Historical Basis. Palos contributed her generous share 
toward the defence of our country, and was among the first 
to send recruits to the Civil War. War meetings were of 
frequent occurrence at the l)eginning of the war and a re- 
cruiting station was established at the old schoolhouse. 
Company G of the Thirty-ninth Illinois, called "Preachers' 
Company," and Company F of the One Hundredth Illinois, 
were largely made up of men from Palos. Among the 
songs sung in Palos at the time, the popular ones were, 
"Take Your Gun and Go, John," and "Stone River." 



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"TAKE YOUR GUN AND GO, JOHN" 
By H. T. Merrill 

"Don't stop a moment to think, John, 

Our country calls, then go. 
Don't fear for me nor the children, John, 

I'll care for them, you know! 
Leave the corn upon the stalk, John; 

The fruit upon the tree. 
And all our little stores, John, 

Yes, leave them all to me. 

Chorus 

"Then take your gun and go, John, 

Take your gun and go. 
For Ruth can drive the oxen, John, 

And I can use the hoe. 

"I've heard my grandsire tell, John, 

He fought at Bunker Hill, 
He counted all his life and wealth 

His country's oflE'ring still. 
Would I shame the brave old blood, John, 

That flowed on Monmouth plain? 
No! take your gun and go, John, 

Tho' I ne'er see you again. 

"The army's short of blankets, John, 

Then take this heavy pair, 
I spun and wove them when a girl. 

And worked them with great care. 
A rose in every corner, John; 

And here's my name, you see! 
On the cold ground they'll warmer feel. 

Because they're made by me."' 



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STONE RIVER 

By George Grange 

(Composed while on picket duty at Stone River.) 

'Tis midnight, and the twinkling stars 

Shine brightly from on high, 
And not a cloud is shadowing now 

The warlike Southern sky. 
I'm stationed in a cedar grove. 

The picket-post to stand. 
And list'ning to the stealthy tread 

Of traitors close at hand. 

Chorus 
How many thousands gone to rest! 

We know that they are free, 
Their bodies mouldering in the dust 

On the plains of Tennessee. 

I see their livening camp fires now 

Upon the distant hill, 
And hear the screech-owl's dismal cry, 

And feel more loneh' still. 
I hear the groans of wounded men 

That still lie on the field. 
And many more my eyes can see, 

With lips forever sealed. 

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS WHO ENLISTED FROM 
PALOS AND VICINITY 
Thirty-ninth, Illinois, Company C 
James M. Harrington, 2nd William C. W. Williams. 

Lieutenant. 
Steven L. Harrington, Sergt. 
John J. Hawkins, Corp. 



Albert Bushnell. 

Frederick Brush. 

Jesse Chatfield. 

Lester B. Decker. 

Louis Fuder. 

Thomas Humphrey, Color 

Bearer. 
James Pettijohn 
James H. Reeves 
Stephen C. Reed. 
Almon L. Schermerhorn. 
Matthew Wells 



George Brown. 
Christopher Crandall. 
J. Bouton. 
Wm. Bouton. 
Alonzo Truer. 
William Mahaflfay. 
John McClaughry. 
Andrew McCord. 
Matthew ]McClaughry. 
John Mason. 
Isaac Alason 
Timothy Mason. 
Alark Pettijohn. 
Michael Powers. 
Patrick Scanlon. 
\\'illiani Taylor. 



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One Hundredth, Illinois, Company F 



Richard S. McClaughry, 

Capt. 
John Powell, 2nd Lieutenant. 
Peter Blasch. 
Freeman Bliss. 
Timothy Brandy. 
Mark Burroughs. 
Nelson Bush. 
^^"i1 iam ] " -' enridge. 
William Briggs. 
Dennis Curran. 

S. I. 



Sidney Campbell. 
John Campbell. 
Edward Flannery. 
Louis Decker. 
James Gleason, Sergt. 
Charltes Green. 
James Heatherwick. 
Jefferson Harrington. 
John Mallon. 
James Mahaffay. 
George Grange. 
Treat. 



Eightieth, Illinois 

Thomas McClaughry 

Eighty-eighth Illinois 

Franklin Bushnell 

Interlude — Medley of Plantation Songs. 




Old Fort ox Sigx.xl Hill 



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EPISODE V. THE FUGITIVE 

Action. A negro, skulking behind trees, sees a farmer 
approach, and running out, begs him to help him on his 
way. The farmer, wishing to keep out of trouble, at first 
refuses. He is moved, however, by the negro's song of 
entreaty, and suddenly hearing the sound of a horse's hoofs, 
loses all hesitation, and hides the fugitive under the hay. 
The horseman accosts the farmer, but receiving no informa- 
tion regarding the runaway, proceeds on his way. 

CAST 

Fugitive Mr. Samuel J. Cassell 

Farmer Mr. Matthezu Glcason 

Horseman Mr. William Murphy 

Historical Basis. Tradition tells us that runaway slaves 
found sympathizers in this region who helped them on their 
way to Canada. 



"OLD SHADY" 

"Oh! yah, yah! darkies, laugh wid me! 
For de white folks say Ole Shady am free. 
So don't you see dat de Jubilee 
Am a-comin'? — Hail mighty day! 

Chorus 

"Den away, away, for I can't stay any longer; 
Hooray! Hooray! for I's a-gwine home! 
Den away, away, for I can't wait any longer; 
Hooray! Hooray! for I's a-gwine home! 

"Good-bye, hard work, wid neber any pay; 
I's a-gwine up Norf, wha'r de good folks say 
Dat white wheat bread an' a dollar a day 
Am a-coming', comin'! — Hail mighty day! 

"Oh! I's got a wife, an' she'm got a baby, 
'Way up Norf in Lower Canady; 
Oh! won't dey laugh when dej^ see Ole Shady 
A-comin', comin'! — Hail mighty daj'!" 

Interlude — Largo Handel 



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EPISODE VI. THE RETURN 

Action. The women and children are waiting to greet 
the returning soldiers. They are reading a letter containing 
bad news. One of the soldiers brings a message to the 
widow of his dead comrade. 

CAST 

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hccht, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Munch, Mr. 
Lerov McClaiighry, Mr. n'i)islotv Mahaffay. Mr. and Mrs. 
Matfhezc Gleason, Miss Helen Campbell, Mrs. Albert 
Loebe, Mr. and Mrs. J. IV. Mahaffay. Miss Ellen Gleason. 
Miss Catherine Gleason, Mr. Janies Stez'oi, and some of 
the soldiers in Episode LI'. 

Historical Basis. A number of the soldier boys who 
marched away came back, some wounded, while others were 
left sleeping in Southern graves. As no railroad ran 
through Palos in 1865, the farmers drove to Lockport and 
Blue Island and brought home the returning heroes who 
told and retold the tragic stories of Murfreesboro, Drury's 
Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Chicamauga, and Lookout Aloun- 
tain. 

A soldier in Company G, Thirty-ninth lllinoi'^. as he 
lay dying on the battlefield at Murfreesboro, commended 
his wife and children to the care of his comrade, who, after 
the war married the widow, and for more than forty years 
faithfully fulfilled the promise inade to his friend. 

One veteran from the Thirty-ninth Illinois, Company G, 
Lester B. Decker, and one from the One Hundredth Illinois, 
Company F, James Heatherwick, still live in Palos. Other 
veterans moving in since the war who are still living are 
H. F. Keene, Twenty-third Pennsylvania, Company H, and 
U. S. Sixth Cavalry, Company H : John Irvine, Twenty-fifth 
Missouri, Company G;' John Schofield, Corp., First Dela- 
ware Cavalry, Company F; and John Cox, One Hundred 
and Thirty-fourth Illinois, Company K. 

"Uncle Silas" Brown, body-guard to General James 
Henry Lane of the Confederate Army, is a resident of 
Palos. 



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FINALE. THE FUTURE 

The Dance of The Dawn 

(Solo — Mrs. Benjamin F. Hyink.) 

Dancers — Hertha Claussen, Fern Pumstead, Florence 
Briggs, Frances Briggs, Katherine Busch, Antoinette 
Bruzek, Marie Bohn, Edna Cowan, Anna Cowan, Margaret 
Grotz, Marcella Einarson, Loretta Lucas, Evelyn Mahaffay, 
Ethelyn Mahaffay, Julia Martin, Emily Martin, Mary Mur- 
phy, Marjorie Traub, Marion Traub, Gladys Thomas, Margaret 
Markiewicz, Clarise Mahaffay. 

THE DAWN 

The dawn of a new day is breaking 

Through dreams of the night that is past; 
First-born of the stress and the darkness, 

A day with its destiny cast. 
For out of the pain and the sorrow, 

And out of brave sacrifice deep, 
-The morn blends with infinite promise 

O'er graves of the sainted who sleep. 

A tear, soft and tender, for mem'ry, 

A smile for the youth grown to man, 
A joy born of Hope, for the future, 

A faith in the Great Father's plan. 
Then break o'er the hilltops, glad morning, 

Through gray, and the rose-hue, and gold. 
Your children are facing heav'n's glory. 

Full-charged with your promises old. 



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School Children's Chorus 
"THE COMING GENERATION" 

By Permission of Clayton F. Summy Publishing Company. 
Words by H. B. Davis Music by L. D. Duncanson 

Working in the garden, 

With the rake and hoe; 
Planting for the future, 

While the seedlings grow, 
Mother Nature saying, 

In her soothing way. 
Sun will' follow mist and shower, 

Work must follow play. 

Refrain 

Oh we are the men of the coming generation. 
We are the lads who will build a mighty nation 
Hopeful are we in the planting of the seeds, 
We are the men our country needs. 

In garden, field or wood! 

We seek the country's good! 

And we'll bring it all about through education. 

With the spade and shovel, 

In the sunny field; 
We have learned by labor, 

What the soil may yield, 
Toiling in the sunshine, 

Planning for the rain. 
Harrowing the heavy soil, 

Putting in the grain. 



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